Platform Engineer II

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Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

• Platform Engineering (PE) supports Mastercard Business Systems and Operations across the globe
• As part of PE, drives the data architecture practice, governance and standards at Mastercard
• As a Platform Engineer for Postgres, you should have a range of knowledge and skills to deploy and manage Postgres and Oracle database technologies in production environments
• Have you worked in global teams across differing geographies?
• Are you interested in leading a high-functioning Engineering team?

• Managing Postgres and Oracle databases, particularly highly experienced in database backup and recovery, performance tuning, and high availability configuration
• Work with application development software to develop database architectures, coding standards, and quality assurance policies and procedures
• Create models for new database development and/or changes to existing ones
• Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues
• Monitor database system details within the database, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements
• Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets
• Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems
• Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems
• Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases

• Strong working knowledge of Postgres and Oracle with relevant certifications
• Good understanding of security standards and best practices
• In-depth knowledge of database management (Postgres installation, creation of new instances, space management, database reorganization, backup and recovery, performance monitoring and troubleshooting, identification of bottlenecks in locks, waits, etc.)
• Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices
• Hands-on database tuning and troubleshooting experience
• Written and verbal communication skills to promote Database Engineering to internal and external customers
• Experience with other technologies is a plus
• Experience with Automation using Infrastructure as Code (IAC)

In the US or Canada, Mastercard offers a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Salary varies by location, knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full-time employees generally include medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance; flexible spending accounts; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement);
Paid Sick and Safe Time; vacation; holidays; 401k with company match; and other programs. Mastercard benefits for interns may include Paid Sick and Safe Time, jury duty leave, and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $75,000 - $125,000 USD

Atlanta, Georgia: $75,000 - $125,000 USD

New York City, New York: $90,000 - $150,000 USD

Purchase, New York: $86,000 - $144,000 USD

Salt Lake City, Utah: $75,000 - $125,000 USD

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology

• Financial Services
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Technology, Information and Internet

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability or veteran status, or…